Are we seeing a feisty, defiant President, sort of like we saw last Friday in Ohio?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Now comes the disclosure that Judge Robertson resigned last Friday when he, like the rest of the public, learned about the NSA program in the papers.

NPR: Spy Court Judge Resigns to Protest U.S. Surveillance

Pearman does not, like some others, blame video games for what happened last Friday.

FORBES: Gamer Calling for Online Shooter 'Cease Fire' Out of Respect for Sandy Hook Victims

Like everyone else in America, he read the news in horror last Friday when he learned of the shootings in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

FORBES: Gamer Calling for Online Shooter 'Cease Fire' Out of Respect for Sandy Hook Victims

The AP wire story that was picked up by a number of publications last Friday went on to describe that the two campaigns responded like they had been handed hot rocks.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Terror-free candidates

As Victor Kotsev noted this week in the Asia Times, something like half a million people participated in the anti-regime demonstrations in Hama last Friday.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Rival Hegemons in Syria

While earnings reports have been lackluster in recent weeks, a strong report on U.S. hiring last Friday helped dispel worries about a slowdown in the economic recovery like the ones the U.S. has suffered in recent spring seasons.

WSJ: Dow Caps First 15000 Finish

Go back just a few more days, to last Friday, and there was another report that the Obama campaign would like to crumple up: U.S. durable-goods orders dropped by 0.4 percent in July, excluding the volatile transportation sector.

FORBES: New Reports Are Bad Portents For Obama's Economic Hopes